This $2,397,991 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Program for the Middle East and North Africa (CFDA 19.519), will support the Women's Rehabilitation Organization, a foreign-owned, woman-owned non-profit, to provide services to reduce the risk of gender-based violence and child protection violations among refugees, internally displaced persons, and vulnerable populations in Iraq. The...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to Swedo-The Swedish Development Aid Organization to improve local mechanisms supporting survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) and provide cash assistance to survivors from October 1, 2022 to March 31, 2024. This award supports the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (CFDA 19.345) program, which funds targeted democracy and...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations (CFDA 16.889) program to Women For Afghan Women Inc. (WAW) in partnership with Connect NYC. The award supports efforts to develop and implement outreach strategies and provide victim services targeted at adult and youth Muslim survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in New York. Key...
The Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration awarded a $2,242,844 cooperative agreement to the Women's Rehabilitation Organization to sustain the well-being of refugees and asylum seekers in urban sites and immigration detention centers in Iraq through Aug. 31, 2023. Under this award, the Women's Rehabilitation Organization will improve access to basic healthcare for refugees and asylum seekers as part of the Overseas Refugee Assistance Program for Near East (CFDA 19.519)....
The Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration awarded a $3,500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Seed Foundation, a foreign non-profit organization, under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Program for the Middle East and North Africa (CFDA 19.519). Through this award, the Seed Foundation will provide psychological support, social work services, recreation, training, and education opportunities to those affected by conflict in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, with a focus on...
This $1,776,023 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Office of Global Women's Issues (CFDA 19.801) is intended to advance the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda by enhancing the capacity, technical expertise, civil society inclusion and engagement, networks, knowledge, and sustainability of WPS centers at the local, national, and regional levels. The award supports Saferworld, an international non-profit organization, in implementing programs that strengthen civic...
The Department of State Office of the Secretary of State awarded a $2,950,000 cooperative agreement to Mercy Corps under the Office of Global Women's Issues federal grant program (CFDA 19.801) to understand, prevent, and address gender-based violence as it intersects with violent extremism through locally designed and led initiatives in Georgia. The initiatives will address and respond to physical, technology-facilitated, and related violence that negatively impact gender equality and inclusive,...
The Center for Victims of Torture will provide psychological rehabilitation services and capacity building assistance to South Sudanese torture and trauma survivors living in the Nguenyiel camp and one additional site in Ethiopia under a $2 million cooperative agreement award from the Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration. Funded through the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa (CFDA 19.517), the award will support direct psychological services to refugees...
This Project Grant award of $2,369,055.00, provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, is intended to improve the provision of mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) services to gender-based violence (GBV) survivors in humanitarian settings. The award will put into practice new consensus-based guidance to enhance the delivery of these critical services. The grant includes two sub-awards:...
The Department of State's Office of Global Women's Issues awarded a $2.96 million cooperative agreement to the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders Inc. to support the Leadership of Local Women Including Young Women and Other Historically Marginalized Group in Preventing, Resolving, and Recovering from Conflict, Violent Extremism (VE) and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is Amplified and Sustained program. This program, funded under the Office of Global Women's Issues' CFDA #19.801 program, will...